by Jenny Crawford | Jul 6, 2021 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
7.19.21 Update: The results are in and the winner of Palme d’Or was Julia Ducournau’s “Titane.” In the wake of its win at this year’s Cannes, the trailer for “Titane” doubled in views and tripled in re-uploads (July 2: 190K views and 29 re-uploads; July 19: 369K...
by Jenny Crawford | Aug 20, 2020 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
Instagram may have started as a photo-sharing app, but with the addition of video in 2013, stories in 2016, IGTV in 2018, and most recently its new reels functionality, the platform has become a top competitor for video-centric apps. As Instagram continually develops...
by Jenny Crawford | Aug 12, 2020 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
In 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s strategy was “to become video first”. Zuckerberg predicted then that in five years time, most of what people would consume online would be video. Nearly five years later, Facebook has taken its...
by Pex Team | Aug 4, 2020 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
We’ve updated our 2018 analysis of YouTube to see how the platform changed in 2019. The state of YouTube 2019 In 2020, new social platforms like TikTok may be dominating headlines, but good old platforms like YouTube are still the trusted sources of views and...
by Jenny Crawford | Jun 5, 2020 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
Podcasting has exploded in recent years and while Covid-19 caused a blip, it doesn’t seem the medium will be otherwise slowing down. According to Edison Research, more than half the U.S. population has listened to a podcast and roughly 90 million people are...
by Jenny Crawford | Mar 31, 2020 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
As the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus forces us indoors and online more than ever, platforms built for social, UGC, and streaming are reaching previously unknown potential. Worldwide streaming has increased 20 percent, and platforms like Netflix and YouTube are...
